Prosecutor on alleged Jackson offer: 'Did you view it as a bribe?' Blagojevich: 'I viewed it as illegal'

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

Prosecutor Reid Schar continues to go after Rod Blagojevich over his alleged plans to appoint U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President Obama.

Blagojevich testified that fundraiser Raghu Nayak, a Jackson ally, communicated to him through an intermediary - Rajinder Bedi - that if Blagojevich appointed Jackson senator there would be "accelerated fundraising" on his behalf.

Referring to Nayak, Blagojevich said, "I understood he said if I appointed congressman Jackson, there'd be a bunch of political support and they'd raise $500,000 upfront. There'd be another $1 million from Raghu or the other way around from Jesse Jackson Jr. That was my understanding."

That's the Chicago Way.